Set up on the beach on Langlade
This is perhaps the highlight of my trip - a DXpedition within a DXpedition. Langlade is a most picturesque place especially for nature lovers, bicyclists, or just to enjoy a day away from civilization. Miquelon is a 25 km bicycle ride. The first few miles on the trail is rough with sand and rocks which then gives way to a paved road for most of the way. The trip to Miquelon by bicycle is into the wind - so be prepared to do battle with a headwind. If you come back early in the afternoon - the wind is at your back and one can cruise along almost effortlessly.
Above we are just leaving the port of Saint Pierre
It was a 2 hour ride in the Catamaran La Jeune France. It was quite cold that morning with a brisk wind and I took shelter in the enclosed cabin below. The ocean views were spectacular with the chance sighting of a whale blowing water in the distance. Here is a very unique rock formation on Langlade. There are only a dozen or so families that live on the island - mostly to cater to the daily visitors.
The way to get on the island is via zodiac boat. If you are not careful getting off - you will get very wet.
Here we are leaving the big boat La Jeune France - headed for the island of Langlade. It is not a separate IOTA but still listed as part of NA-032
A chance meeting with Jean Pierre Carrere - a local ham - one of a handful. His call sign is FP5CJ. He and his wife were traveling to Miquelon by car to relax.
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With my counterpoise radial pointed north - the 17m band exploded with S9 signals from Japan. I got an email from JA1FNO courtesy of Paul Greaves W4FC stating that I was a strong 579 into JA land even with only 50 watts. I was able to work 53 JAs in the short period of time I had battery power. (I had lost my connector to the solar panel which would have extended my operation. I found it a little bit later (too late) lying in the grass). The propagation was so good into JA that when the wind blew my antenna down onto the beach I was still able to make QSOs until I relaized something was amiss. Some JA stations are smiling now that they have FP into their logs which is quite rare for them. Here is the breakdown by continent.
| Continent | Total QSOs | % |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | 8 | 0.7 |
| Asia | 53 | 4.4 |
| Europe | 488 | 40.9 |
| North America | 635 | 53.3 |
| Oceania | 2 | 0.2 |
| South America | 6 | 0.5 |
| Totals | 1192 | 100. |
Daily totals. Almost exclusively CW. I was too tired from the trip to Langlade to partake in the NAQP RTTY Contest.
Daily QSOs (last 30 active) [Clickable]
| Date | Total QSOs | Uniques | Uniques % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18-07-2015 | 145 | 117 | 80.7 |
| 17-07-2015 | 139 | 102 | 73.4 |
| 16-07-2015 | 306 | 258 | 84.3 |
| 15-07-2015 | 288 | 249 | 86.5 |
| 14-07-2015 | 262 | 236 | 90.1 |
| 13-07-2015 | 52 | 50 | 96.2 |
| Totals | 1192 | 1012 | 84.9 |
Band/Mode breakdown
| Band | PH | CW | RTTY | Total | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | 93 | 0 | 94 | 7.9% |
| 30 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 211 | 17.7% |
| 20 | 0 | 695 | 9 | 704 | 59.1% |
| 17 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 183 | 15.4% |
| Totals | 1 | 1182 | 9 | 1192 |
According to the Clublog tools - I was a new DXCC for 48% of my contacts. which makes me very happy.
Expedition Impact On Users' Totals (info)
| Band | 160 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | Total | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Band | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28.7% |
| New Mode | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.3% |
| New Band + New Mode | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.6% |
| New Slot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.0% |
| New DXCC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 48.3% |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
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